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It's only when it becomes foolish that trouble begins.
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Another takeaway from the US election is that it has become foolish to assume that "experience" is an unalloyed asset in electoral politics.
A thoughtful Talmudic commentary states that "scholars become wiser as they age, but the noneducated become foolish".
Don't become foolish with age".
But lack of shame can become foolish vanity.
What has shocked investors' thinking over the last three years are the realizations that Greece and some other "peripheral" countries have so much debt they may not be able to make all the contracted payments by themselves and that Germany and other northern countries have become convinced that foolish investors should suffer some losses.
It's only when people trap themselves into choosing one over the other that they become petty, foolish and more than a little ridiculous.
For example, embarrassment is felt when you believe that someone judges your actions as foolish, and guilt is experienced when you become aware that someone is suffering because of your actions.
It may even look a little foolish for that reason.
What's so foolish about that?
In boardrooms across the world's mightiest economy, it has become shorthand for foolish, heavy-handed state interference in the wealth-creating marvel that is corporate America.
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Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com